1. Allegory and Symbolism in Lord of the Flies
... approach the fire, he is described like a king, "Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink" (148-149). Jack's dictatorship eventually takes a toll ... by all the evidence of characters, objects and events that symbolize abstract images and theories, Lord of The Flies is an allegory. A part of the Royal Navy in World War II, William Golding may have wrote this allegorical novel as a representati...
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